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Tried to get ahead by diminishing those around him. This is part of pamplin historical part symposium called looking at generals we love to hate looking at Controversial Military leaders of the skwar civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary, to the day, that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france. During world war i. [ applause ] i am happy to introduce our next speaker. John j. Hennessey is a public historian and author, currently serving as the chief historian and chief of interpretation at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. John has worked for the nps for 25 years starting at manassas. He authored a great book, the first battle of manassas, july 18th through the 21st, as well as the probably the definitive book on second manassas return to bull run. Lets welcome john hennessey. [ applause ] so i have to start with this. This is ....